From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 21 11:51:12 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 512FE16A41F for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:51:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCCB443D70 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:51:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5E68B.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.230.139]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jBLBnmhX041391; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:49:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jBLBoueE031737; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:50:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:50:56 +0100 Message-ID: <20051221125056.lx7xlyu1c0wgccww@netchild.homeip.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:50:56 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Dmitry Pryanishnikov References: <20051220162205.P90277@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <12848a3b0512201448x41196cd8o65616358485d119@mail.gmail.com> <20051221104847.N64938@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> In-Reply-To: <20051221104847.N64938@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.3) / FreeBSD-4.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Vaida Bogdan Subject: Re: fujitsu siemens no sound driver in sndstat X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:51:12 -0000 Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote: > for that engine, our haven't yet. Also, I don't like Intel's police > to license all HDA implementations, read > > http://www.intel.com/standards/hdaudio/ > > Implementation of the High Definition Audio Specification requires a > license from Intel. Contributors to the High Definition Audio > Specification have signed the High Definition Audio (Azalia) > Developers Agreement and have provided input to the specification > under the terms outlined in that agreement. Implementers that have > signed the High Definition Audio Specification (Azalia) Adopter > Agreement are licensed to produce products based on the specification > under a reciprocal, royalty-free license to certain intellectual > property rights from Intel and other Contributors and Adopters for > their products that are compliant with the licensed versions of the > High Definition Audio Specification. > > It sounds somehow restrictive, doesn't it? But NetBSD people have done it, > so I think FreeBSD people should be able to do it also. I haven't reread it today, but at the time I read this for the first time I did understand it as someone needs a license if he implements a device which provides this interface, it's not about software which uses this interface. But I'm not a lawyer... Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 It's OBVIOUS ... The FURS never reached ISTANBUL ... You were an EXTRA in the REMAKE of "TOPKAPI" ... Go home to your WIFE ... She's making FRENCH TOAST!